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Suzanne wears a pale orange top and black cardigan, she stands between 2 racks of medicine at an NHS pharmacy.

Suzanne’s innovative training prescription boosts access to pharmacy technician apprenticeships

College lecturer Suzanne Thompson has revolutionised the training of pharmacy apprentices opening up more opportunities for budding young technicians across Scotland.

Circling back

National ‘train the trainers’ construction retrofit resources now online

Coding careers are full STEAM ahead at Trinity Primary School

Using free My World of Work Live teaching materials, STEAM teacher Karen Walsh has learned new skills as well as inspiring the next generation of coders.

Apprenticeships help Emma Rankin engineer her future

Engineer, Emma Rankin has discovered the benefits of apprenticeships, after taking one at school opened doors to another in her dream job working towards a degree qualification.

Getting retrofit right

More than two million homes in Scotland need to make the move to low carbon heating for the country to meet net zero targets. Read more about those upskilling Scotland's workforce to meet the retrofit challenge.

Working closer together yields fresh career outlook for Rebecca

Having an expert Careers Adviser at hand helps with CV and job prospects

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SDS Helps Pupils Stay In School

Ross was frustrated by his subject choices and was about to leave school, but an SDS careers adviser found a solution that not only encouraged him to stay on, but also set him on a whole new career path.